Wednesday, August 6, 2014

OECD Development Centre Internship in Paris

The OECD Development
Centre is a special body of the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation of Development (OECD) linking OECD members with developing and
emerging economies. The Development Centre produces high-quality analysis and
fosters dialogue to identify creative policy solutions to emerging global
issues and development challenges.

We are seeking an
enthusiastic and motivated trainee to join the Centre’s gender team, based in
Paris. The trainee will assist the team on its two flagship initiatives, the Social Institutions and Gender Index
(SIGI) and the www.wikigender.org
platform. The Social Institutions and
Gender Index (SIGI) was first launched by the OECD Development Centre in 2009
as an innovative measure of the underlying drivers of gender inequality for
over 100 countries. A second version was launched in 2012 and the third edition
will be launched in November 2014. This
will include revision of the detailed country analysis and rescoring of the
variables that make up the Index, as well as in-depth country studies. In
addition, the first country pilot of the SIGI was launched in Uganda in 2013
with preliminary results due in October 2014.

The trainee will
be expected to:

• Contribute to the
finalization of SIGI 2014 by assisting the team with research, analysis,
editing and production of texts

• Supporting
quantitative/econometric analysis of SIGI data,

• Support quantitative analysis
of SIGI Uganda data,

• Assist in the preparation of
findings for public presentations and reports;

• Contribute to the production
of the team’s other publications and papers on gender and development,
including research, drafting and liaison with key stakeholders;

Ideally, the trainee would
start by 8 September 2014 for a duration of six months full-time.
The Organisation provides a monthly stipend currently of 483 Euros for a
full-time basis. The trainee will need to make independent arrangements for
travel and accommodation as well as to be duly covered for health and social
insurance.

To apply, please submit a
resume and cover letter to Dr Gaëlle Ferrant, Gender Project Economist at gaelle.ferrant@oecd.org by 6.00pm GMT
on Monday 11 August 2014. A test will be organised for the shortlisted
candidates on the Thursday 14 August 2014 and a phone interview on
Wednesday 20 August 2014. Please note that due to the high number of applicants, we are not able to
respond to questions about the status of individual applications. Only successful candidates will be contacted.